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October 15, 2018
Haiwen & Partners has hired Jieni Gu, who joins the firm as an international partner. Gu comes to the firm from Ropes & Gray and will be based in Shanghai.
Gu specializes in mergers and acquisitions, with a particular

August 27, 2018
Sullivan & Cromwell has recruited M&A partner Jeremy Kutner from Shearman & Sterling in London.
Kutner currently serves as Shearman & Sterling’s head of technology. He is reportedly being brought on to Sullivan &

June 21, 2018
Kirkland & Ellis has hired corporate specialist Wanda Woo from Shearman & Sterling in Hong Kong. Having worked as an associate at Shearman, she will join Kirkland as a partner.
Woo’s practice focuses on corporate

January 22, 2018
Morrison & Foerster has brought on Jesse Gillespie as a partner in the firm’s Tokyo office. Gillespie joins the firm from Sullivan & Cromwell, where he focused on matters involving capital markets transactions for

May 23, 2017
US firm Sullivan & Cromwell has opened its new Brussels office, which will be led by Michael Rosenthal.
The firm hired Rosenthal from Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where he served as EU competition and antitrust

January 17, 2017
Several firms have hired new partners in Asia recently, including Chinese firm Han Kun, which has hired Li Xiaoming, who served as head of White & Case’s China practice since 2005. Han Kun has also hired Li Wei from

October 28, 2016
Ropes & Gray has announced its latest promotion round, including two London-based lawyers from a total of 11 across the firm’s global offices. This year represents an overall decrease from last year, when the firm

September 8, 2016
Clifford Chance has retained 82 per cent of its autumn qualifiers this year, with 41 of 49 qualifiers receiving offers, and 40 accepting. This figure represents a slight increase from the firm’s retention rate of 80